4 struts, 17 inches, 2 switches: my built thread by Afazz

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I got the passenger side rear tub all cleaned and in primer


Creepin

July 30, 2009

Cleaned and primered the drivers side tub


I drilled a bunch of access holes and used 3M Rust Fighter internal panel rust inhibitor. These holes were plugged later with 3/8" rubber plugs and seam sealed over. This is to prevent the new fabbed stuff from rusting from the inside out.

That's all for tonight, I will begin August 09 tomorrow evening.


August 1, 2009

Got the fuel tank tray in primer

Tested out the 3M undercoating I bought

I got my new wheel bearings and hubs and lots of hardware from GAP for the new rear suspension.

I made this wheel bearing press tool. One side is sized for the outer race, which pushes the bearing into the spindle:

The other side is sized for the inner race which presses the hub into the bearing:

Rear bushing are still rubber. I pressed these into the mk3 control arms. More on that later

Got the rear subframe partially assembled

August 2, 2009

More paint!

I intentionally did a half-assed job painting the rear calipers, because they need rebuilt soon and will be powdercoated black properly. Crappy paint is easier to strip in the future!

To keep the wheel bearings properly preloaded so they can actually work, you need to keep them clamped. The outer CV joint has this feature built in, so rather than build something fancy I just stole two outer CV joints I had laying around.

I did a lot of undercoating, seam sealing, painting, cleaning...

Stuck on some adhesive-back heat resistant sheets to protect the floor in the areas of the exhaust